How many people live without vaccines?

” Because of the people who have gotten the vaccines. They’re not getting diptheria and polio and pertussis and measles and all these diseases people used to get without vaccines because of herd immunity. read more

Gellin points out that the dangers posed by vaccine-preventable diseases are much higher than the risks posed by the vaccines. Measles, for example, kills one in 500 children. One in 1,000 will get encephalitis from measles. read more

In 1979, more than 13,000 people got whooping cough and 41 died. When routine vaccination was resumed, the disease numbers dropped again. The chances of your child getting a case of measles or chickenpox or whooping cough might be quite low today. read more